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Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and received the Britannia Award in 2013. Born to an English mother and an Indian Gujarati father with roots in Jamnagar, Kingsley began his career in theatre, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and spending the next 15 years appearing mainly on stage. His starring roles included productions of As You Like It (his West End debut for the company at the Aldwych Theatre in 1967), Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Also known for his television roles, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989), Joseph (1995), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), and Mrs. Harris (2006). In film, Kingsley is known for his starring role as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982), for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For his portrayal of Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. He was Oscar-nominated for Bugsy (1990), Sexy Beast (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). His other notable films include Maurice (1987), Sneakers (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Death and the Maiden (1994), Twelfth Night (1996), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Elegy (2008), Shutter Island (2010), and Hugo (2011). Kingsley played the character of Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Iron Man 3 (2013), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the upcoming Disney+ series Wonder Man. He also acted in the blockbusters Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Ender's Game (2013). Kingsley lent his voice to the films The Boxtrolls (2014) and The Jungle Book (2016).
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for Father Hennessy in John Constantine
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John Constantine is a 2025 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by DC Studios, Legendary Pictures, and The Stone Quarry, it is the fifth installment in the DC Legacy Universe (DCLU). The film was directed by Breck Eisner from a screenplay by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David S. Goyer, and stars Charlie Hunnam in the title role along with Abbie Cornish, Levi Miller, Ben Kingsley, Daniel Kaluuya, Terrence Howard, Norman Reedus, and Peter Stormare. Set in 1983 Los Angeles, California, chain-smoking cynic and con artist John Constantine comes into conflict with the demon Trigon (reprised by Stormare) and must protect the city from being destroyed by him. During the film's production, it was announced to be released in the DCLU; with a budget of $389 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made. John Constantine opened in theaters on February 5th, 2025; it received mixed reviews and is regarded as the weakest film in the DCLU, with praise for its cast, tone, action sequences, visuals, and humor but with criticism to the plot, direction, and screenplay. Despite this, the film was a box-office success and broke several box-office records during its initial run, grossing $946 million worldwide against a break-even point of $230 million. A sequel is in development as well as an upcoming Justice League Dark film.
